NASCAR WCUP: Mike Skinner has exciting qualifying run at Michigan
Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
August 18, 2001Mike Skinner, No. 31 Lowe's Chevrolet Monte Carlo: "That was the third lap on the racetrack for the Lowe's Chevrolet. In our second time out this morning, the right rear tire started going down in (turn) two, and then halfway up the backstretch the motor broke. So that was actually our third lap on the racetrack. I can't say enough about this guys that worked their tails off to get a back-up engine in the racecar and to get it back out there without anything falling off of it and get a lap. I kind of wish I'd have run a second lap now. I felt like I got through (turns) one and two pretty good on the second lap. And when they told me the lap (speed), I decided I'd held my breath long enough. It's good."
Text provided by Nancy Wager
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